Top Five Facebook Games

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By Brittany Olgardt

Facebook is more than just a place for friends, it is also home to many great gaming applications. With hundreds of games to choose from, it can be hard to pick the ones worth your while. Don't stress; we have five games certain to please the Facebook faithful.

Bejeweled Blitz A new version of the classic Pop Cap Bejeweled game made especially for Facebook. Not only can you play the original one-minute solo game, but now you can compete with friends for bragging rights on the leader boards or play together with them for great prizes and good times. The games are short, sweet, and a great way to pass the time alone or with friends online.

Farmville Developed by Zynga, Farmville offers you a customizable avatar that will do the work of planting, harvesting and cultivating your fields. The more you farm, the more money and experience you gain. Use the coins and experience to buy new plants, animals and farm equipment. The greatest thing about Farmville is the ability to "plant and walk away." Each object you place on your field (animal, tree, plant, or otherwise) takes a specific amount of time before it matures. For instance, a pumpkin takes eight hours to grow; so plant some pumpkins, scamper off to school or work, come home and harvest them, gain gold, and repeat. You can also gift items to your friends, which we're sure they'll appreciate. Check out our free Farmville strategy guide.

Farmville is the most popular game in the world.

Pet Society This is a cute Playfish game that you can't pass up. You start by creating your very own pet avatar. The amount of customizing that can be done with these pets is reason enough to give it a try. There are many different skin colors, facial features, and costumes to choose from. Once you've created your adorable munchkin, take care of it by feeding, playing, or bathing it. You can also interact with your other Facebook friends' pets by visiting their houses or playing one of many mini-games with them. Earn coins to buy great costumes for your pet, items for your home, or gifts for your friends.

Restaurant City Ever dreamed of owning your own restaurant and making your friends do all the dirty work? Restaurant City by Playfish starts you off with three tables and a stove. You're tasked with assigning jobs (Cook, Waiter, or Cleaner) to your friends. The best part about Restaurant City is you don't have to get your friends' permission to use them. No more flooding inboxes with requests no one wants to read. The avatars run around cooking, cleaning and serving all your other Facebook friends as they come to dine at your establishment. Gain experience by feeding customers in a timely fashion. Every task assigned to an avatar lasts three hours. After that, you'll need to hop back online and get your employees back to work. Restaurant City isn't a game you can walk away from for long, but why would you want to?

Your friends work for you in Restaurant City.

Word Challenge A basic word scramble game by Playfish with just enough awesome mixed in to make it addicting. You're given two minutes to create as many words as possible out of six randomly selected letters. The more words you know, or the faster you can type, the better score you get. If you're feeling competitive, challenge your friends and see who the better letter-un-scrambler is. Word Challenge scores you on a comparison basis. On our first try, we scored "Hermit." Not so good. See how you score and rate yourself against your friends.